Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge VIDEO: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge
Video: Saddle Brook Driver Whose Car Was Smashed By Train Was Drunk, Police Charge A Saddle Brook woman whose apparently disabled car was captured on police dashcam video being smashed by an Amtrak train had been drinking and driving, police said. It was 11:57 p.m. Tuesday when West Windsor police said they found the 2012 Toyota Camry's passenger side over the rail on the westbound Amtrak tracks near the Princeton Junction train station. The driver, 23-year-old Amna S. Ahmed, was out of the vehicle and with her father and sister, who’d arrived to help, authorities said. A camera on the dashboard of one of the responding officer’s cruisers captured the moment that Amtrak’…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of TCNJ Student From Clark: Report Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of TCNJ Student From Clark: Report
Accused Drunk Driver Indicted In Death Of Tcnj Student From Clark: Report A man who was allegedly driving drunk was indicted on first-degree manslaughter and other charges for allegedly killing a 20-year-old Clark man in a vehicle collision late last year, NJ.com reported Wednesday.  Michael Sot, a student at The College of New Jersey, was the designated driver for a group of friends on Dec. 2 when his vehicle was struck on Pennington Road in Ewing Township.  Police say 23-year-old David Lamar of West Windsor had crossed the center line and was under the influence after spending hours drinking at a bar on the TCNJ campus. He had been trying to pass othe…

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by Paul Milo
Hackensack, NJ
News
Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple
Charges Upgraded For Motorist Who Killed Designated Driver, 20, Injured Midland Park Couple Charges were upgraded against a West Windsor man following the death of a 20-year-old designated driver whose car was struck as he took a group of college students -- including a Midland Park couple -- to an off-campus weekend event in Mercer County. Michael Sot, 20 of Clark, was behind the wheel when a 2018 Kia driven by 22-year-old David Lamar V veered into oncoming traffic in Ewing and slammed into his 2007 Dodge Charger just after 2 a.m. Sunday, authorities said. Lamar, who is now charged with vehicular homicide, among other counts, was impaired at the time, the Mercer County Prosecuto…

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by Cecilia Levine